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The dinosaur of the day: Rebbachisaurus

Name means “Rebbach lizard”

Sauropod that lived in the Cretaceous in what is now Morocco, in Africa (Aoufous Formation)

Named in 1954 by Lavocat

Several individuals were found (found part of the backbone, scapula, humerus, sacrum)

Type species is Rebbachisaurus garasbae

Gara Sba is the layer where Rebbachisaurus was found

Second species is Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis

About 46-66 ft (14-20 m) long and weighed about 7 tons

Part of the superfamily Diplodocoidea

Had a small head, long neck, and whiplike tail

Had a tall, ridged back (spines on its backbone that could have supported a “sail”)

There’s a South American sauropod, Rayososaurus, that looks very similar to Rebbachisaurus, which scientists think could mean there was a land connection between Africa and South America during the Early Cretaceous